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We're kind of thinking about the first World of Warcraft expansion around these parts this week. No particular reason, especially in my case; I'm not...

General chat, sometimes called "Barrens chat" or "zone chat" or "the party line," is both the bane and the secret fixation of my existence....

Let's be realistic here, "MMO" as a term covers a whole lot of different game styles. I know this is a particular topic that...

Believe you me, I know quite well the arguments that have been rehashed over the years about how the MMORPG genre and these online...

In many ways, Final Fantasy XI was a designed copy of EverQuest. It did, however, remove a lot of the elements of that game in particular....

Having finally clicked hard with Elder Scrolls Online this winter, I find that it's difficult to restrain myself from gushing about pleasant discoveries (and...

The announcement of Splatoon 3 has actually shown me that I know more Splat fans than I thought I did. Like, people who are still playing despite the lack of...

We have all been there. You've been gaming in your standard comfort MMOs when one day you hit that wall of burnout. You feel...

Guilds! They're remarkably consistent features of MMOs because developers have long realized that they are an unparalleled engine for creating drama, arguments, and recriminations....

Clearly, your Tuesday schedule every week should have a big fat "LISTEN TO MASSIVELY OP PODCAST" written at 4:00 p.m. EST right on it....

What exactly is value, especially when it comes to MMOs? We all know what the word means, but the thing about "best value" is that...

Loot's not something that I see discussed much these days among MMO players. It's probably because loot's been around since the beginning of online...

MMOs can be complicated things, as I am pretty sure we have discussed on multiple occasions now. There are no known means to prevent...

"MMOs are dead!" "MMOs are dying!" "We didn't get any good MMO releases this past year!" While I won't argue with the last one there,...

All right, let's do this one more time. Yes, it's that time when we look ahead to the next year and ask which games...

With so many delays, it's a wonder that anything released this year at all! And while new patches and expansions trickled rather than flowed...

Here's a fun question for you: What's the difference between the biggest surprises of a year and the biggest stories of the year? The answer,...

It is only natural that, when you are shopping around for a different MMORPG to play, to consider the health of potential play candidates....

Whew. We're finally getting close to the end of 2020, and I think I speak for all of us when I say that it...

There is no doubt that this has been a much more difficult year than most in many respects, almost to the point where it's...